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Get out of town for a few hours this weekend and check out the Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival, held 9 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at the Sneads Ferry Community Center, 126 Park Lane in Sneads Ferry (Onslow County). The festivities include a parade, an array of live music, craft vendors, children’s activities, a shrimp heading contest, fireworks, a beer and wine garden, shrimp-a-roo dinners featuring local seafood and plenty of food vendors. There will be an… Read More »

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Welcome to the StarNews food blog – where we focus on the fine, not-so-fine and just plain funky eats in the Cape Fear region. We cover all sorts of edible tidbits: restaurant buzz, interesting ingredients (and how to use them), recipes, great deals and more.